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The third normal form (3NF) is a normal form used in database normalization. 3NF was originally defined by E. F. Codd in 1971. [2] Codd's definition states that a table is in 3NF if and only if both of the following conditions hold: The relation R (table) is in second normal form (2NF).
The elementary key normal form (EKNF) falls strictly between 3NF and BCNF and is not much discussed in the literature. It is intended "to capture the salient qualities of both 3NF and BCNF" while avoiding the problems of both (namely, that 3NF is "too forgiving" and BCNF is "prone to computational complexity"). Since it is rarely mentioned in ...
In the Today's court bookings table, there are no non-prime attributes: that is, all attributes belong to some candidate key. Therefore, the table adheres to both 2NF and 3NF. The table does not adhere to BCNF. This is because of the dependency Rate type → Court in which the determining attribute is Rate type, on which Court depends.
Second normal form (2NF), in database normalization, is a normal form. A relation is in the second normal form if it fulfills the following two requirements: It is in first normal form. It does not have any non-prime attribute that is functionally dependent on any proper subset of any candidate key of the relation (i.e. it lacks partial ...
So if you say that the higest normal form of a table is 2NF, this means that it is not 3NF and that you can also say it is 1NF (because 2NF meets all lower requirements.) On the other hand most 3NF tables meet the requirements of, say, 4NF, so 3NF is not the HNF for most 3NF tables.--Boson 21:15, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
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Elementary key normal form (EKNF) is a subtle enhancement on third normal form, thus EKNF tables are in 3NF by definition. This happens when there is more than one unique compound key and they overlap. Such cases can cause redundant information in the overlapping column(s).
Call me stupid, but I don't see the difference between the example on this page and the example on Second normal form.-- Henke37 ( talk ) 20:06, 17 April 2022 (UTC) [ reply ] Both examples end meeting the 3NF, but the example in this page starts from a table that meets 2NF and not 3NF.